What is a good Little Cup moveset for Ekans?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Ekans, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some explanation, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Ekans Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Ekans (M) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 112 HP / 252 Atk / 144 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Coil
- Glare

Edit: The first move-set I had sucks. Intimidate helps with defensive ability and allows Ekans to set up with Coil / Glare. Glare slows the opponent down, while Coil is Bulk Up + Accuracy boost. Earthquake has a 5 type coverage, and Rock Slide hits flyers, as well as has the Para-Flinch hax possibility. No STAB, mainly because Poison sucks as a type for coverage. EVs give this thing some defensive bulk, and max Attack to be exploited with Coil.

Comments

Hey Heinz, I'd like to point out that Ev's are different in little cup, and sometimes pokemon can max out a stat without using all 252 Ev's in it.

To easily fix this, as I see you export from PO, Just check the Ev's from level 5 and check down by 4's from 252, Or just say what stats,

Example: EV's: HP / Atk / SDef

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Cool, thanks. As I said, I don't play Little Cup, so I didn't know that. Much appreciated.

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I learned it the hard way xD

But no problem.

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a little cup tank!

Answer 2

Gen 9 LC

I call this: Little Snake Dude

Snake (Ekans) @ Leftovers / Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Flying / Dark
EVs: 185 HP / 144 Spe / 4 SpD / 139 Atk / 36 Def
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Leech Life
- Coil / Gunk Shot
- Trailblaze

Leftovers if you wanna heal (since Tera will remove poison so Black Sludge isn't so great) or Assault Vest since it boost your SpD. Intimidate to protect its low Defense. Tera Flying for ground immunity or Tera Dark for Psychic Immunity. Adamant Nature to power up its attack. Earthquake since it is got some great power. Leech Life for coverage against Psychic types. Coil if you didn't choose Assault Vest, Gunk Shot if you did. Trailblaze to boost its Speed and coverage against Ground types.

Answer 3

Ekans @ Black Sludge
Ability: Shed Skin
EVs: 196 Atk / 4 Def / 244 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Coil
- Gunk Shot
- Sucker Punch
- Toxic

• Coil (Good stat raising)
• Gunk Shot (STAB)
• Sucker Punch (Deals with Psychic types)
• Toxic

Comments

Black Sludge heals on a percentage, so it isn't good in LC.